Cooper Landing Historic District

Cooper Landing Historic District is a historic district in Cooper Landing, Alaska, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Cooper Landing Historic District
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
LocationCooper Landing, Alaska, United States, at mile 48.7 of Sterling Highway
Coordinates60°29′21″N 149°49′57″W
Area4.25 acres (1.72 ha)
NRHP reference No.86001475[1]
AHRS No.SEW-338
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1986
Designated AHRS1976; 1979

Description

The district encompasses a cluster of five buildings. Oriented toward the Kenai River, but now accessible from the Sterling Highway, the district includes two residential structures (a house built out of recycled bridge timbers and a modest log cabin) built before 1910, the Cooper Landing Post Office, built in the 1910s, the c. 1925 log Riddiford School, and the c. 1946 Leo Douglas log cabin. They represent the historic heart of the Cooper Landing community, which stretches for 10 miles (16 km) along the highway,[2] and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places August 21, 1986.[1]

Contributing properties

The historical district contains a total of five contributing properties, built between 1905 and 1946:

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mishler, Craig (28 Jan 1986). "NRHP nomination for Cooper Landing Historic District". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 30 Nov 2018.
  3. "Cooper Landing Historical Museum". cooperlandingmuseum.com. Cooper Landing Historical Society. Retrieved 30 Nov 2018.
  4. Kennedy, Michale S. (Feb 1977). "NRHP nomination for Cooper Landing Post Office". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 30 Nov 2018.

External References



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